Speakers announced as registrations open for 6th Global Oil & Gas Safety Conference

A government adviser, an explorer, an HSE executive and a process engineer are the keynote speakers for this year’s OPITO Safety and Competence Conference – OSCC 2015. They will be joined on the panel by oil and gas industry leaders to explore the topic of “The Economics of Safety at $60 Oil”.

Business mentor and advisor to The Cabinet Office - Andrew Garner, explorer and entrepreneur - Kevin Gaskell, process engineer - Paul Mahoney and HSE deputy chief executive - Kevin Myers are set to take to the stage at the world’s only global event entirely focused on safety and competency in the oil and gas industry.

Now in its sixth year, OSCC 2015 will take place on 3 November 2015 at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Abu Dhabi. It will bring together around 500 industry, government and training provider executives to explore how the industry maintains competence and continues to keep its people safe in a lower oil price environment.

David Doig, group chief executive for OPITO said: “We are thrilled to have secured our strongest line up of speakers to date. All four of have very inspirational stories to tell and have experienced a number of challenges to get where they are today.